About Deidre Tyler

Deidre Tyler, PhD - Sociologist, Instructional Technologist.

NBN Episodes hosted by Deidre:

Joseph H. Holland, "Make Your Own History: Timeless Truths from Black American Trailblazers" (Dafina, 2023)

April 14, 2024

Make Your Own History

Joseph H. Holland
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

One hundred and twenty Black leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs share their wisdom and experience across the centuries in Make Your Own History: T…

Shardé M. Davis, "Being Black in the Ivory: Truth-Telling about Racism in Higher Education" (UNC Press, 2024)

April 9, 2024

Being Black in the Ivory

Shardé M. Davis
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

When Sharde M. Davis turned to social media during the summer of racial reckoning in 2020, she meant only to share how racism against Black people aff…

John Bond, "The Little Guide to Getting Your Book Published" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)

April 6, 2024

The Little Guide to Getting Your Book Published

John Bond
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

The Little Guide to Getting Your Book Published (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) takes prospective authors from idea to draft manuscript to published book…

Naomi Cahn, et al., "Fair Shake: Women and the Fight to Build a Just Economy" (Simon & Schuster, 2023)

April 3, 2024

Fair Shake

Naomi Cahn, June Carbone. and Nancy Levit
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

A stirring, comprehensive look at the state of women in the workforce--why women's progress has stalled, how our economy fosters unproductive competit…

Greg Jarrell, "Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American Neighborhoods" (Fortress Press, 2024)

April 3, 2024

Our Trespasses

Greg Jarrell
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

Greg Jarrell's book Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American Neighborhoods (Fortress Press, 2024) uncovers how race, geography, polic…

William W. Parsons and Regina M. Matheson, "The Pink Wave: Women Running for Office After Trump" (NYU Press, 2023)

March 26, 2024

The Pink Wave

William W. Parsons and Regina M. Matheson
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

How and why the election of Donald Trump inspired more women to enter politics. Donald Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidentia…

Sharon D. Wright Austin, "Political Black Girl Magic: The Elections and Governance of Black Female Mayors" (Temple UP, 2023)

March 11, 2024

Political Black Girl Magic

Sharon D. Wright Austin
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

Political Black Girl Magic: The Elections and Governance of Black Female Mayors (Temple UP, 2023) explores black women's experiences as mayors in Amer…

Judith Pearson, "Crusade to Heal America: The Remarkable Life of Mary Lasker" (Mayo Clinic Press, 2023)

February 27, 2024

Crusade to Heal America

Judith Pearson
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

Mary Woodard Lasker had a singular goal: saving lives by increasing medical research. Together with her husband, advertising genius Albert, they creat…

Tim Keogh, "In Levittown’s Shadow: Poverty in America’s Wealthiest Postwar Suburb" (U Chicago Press, 2023)

February 11, 2024

In Levittown’s Shadow

Tim Keogh
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

There is a familiar narrative about American suburbs: after 1945, white residents left cities for leafy, affluent subdivisions and the prosperity they…

Brian H. Williams, "The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal" (Broadleaf Books, 2023)

February 10, 2024

The Bodies Keep Coming

Brian H. Williams
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

Trauma surgeon and professor Dr. Brian H. Williams has seen it all: gunshot wounds, stabbings, and traumatic brain injuries. In The Bodies Keep Coming…

Todd Mildfelt and David D. Schafer, "Abolitionist of the Most Dangerous Kind: James Montgomery and His War on Slavery" (U Oklahoma Press, 2023)

February 5, 2024

Abolitionist of the Most Dangerous Kind

Todd Mildfelt and David D. Schafer
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

A controversial character largely known (as depicted in the movie Glory) as a Union colonel who led Black soldiers in the Civil War, James Montgomery …

Elizabeth Varon, "Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South" (Simon & Schuster, 2023)

February 4, 2024

Longstreet

Elizabeth Varon
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruction and became an outcast in the South. It was the…

Jon Clinch, "The General and Julia" (Atria Books, 2023)

January 30, 2024

The General and Julia

Jon Clinch
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

Barely able to walk and rendered mute by the cancer metastasizing in his throat, Ulysses S. Grant is scratching out words, hour after hour, day after …

Chhaya Kolavalli, "Well-Intentioned Whiteness: Green Urban Development and Black Resistance in Kansas City" (U Georgia Press, 2023)

December 2, 2023

Well-Intentioned Whiteness

Chhaya Kolavalli
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

Chhaya Kolavalli's book Well-Intentioned Whiteness: Green Urban Development and Black Resistance in Kansas City (U Georgia Press, 2023) documents how …

Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, "Diversity Dividend" (MIT Press, 2023)

December 1, 2023

Diversity Dividend

Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio
Hosted by Deidre Tyler
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From entry-level to the boardroom, what works to create large-scale change in organizations looking to accelerate their diversity, equity, and inclusi…

Jonathan M. Depierro et al., "Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life's Greatest Challenges" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

November 29, 2023

Resilience

Steven M. Southwick, Dennis S. Charney, and Jonathan M. Depierro
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

Life presents us all with challenges. Most of us at some point will be struck by major traumas such as the sudden death of a loved one, a debilitating…

Salim Yaqub, "Winds of Hope, Storms of Discord: The United States since 1945" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

November 28, 2023

Winds of Hope, Storms of Discord

Salim Yaqub
Hosted by Deidre Tyler
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Salim Yaqub's Winds of Hope, Storms of Discord: The United States since 1945 (Cambridge UP, 2022) explores how Americans from all walks of life – poli…

Sarah E. Stoller, "Inventing the Working Parent: Work, Gender, and Feminism in Neoliberal Britain" (MIT Press, 2023)

November 24, 2023

Inventing the Working Parent

Sarah E. Stoller
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

Sarah E. Stoller, Inventing the Working Parent: Work, Gender, and Feminism in Neoliberal Britain (MIT Press, 2023) is the first historical examination…

Robin Phylisia Chapdelaine et al., "When Will the Joy Come?: Black Women in the Ivory Tower" (U Massachusetts Press, 2023)

November 23, 2023

When Will the Joy Come?

Robin Phylisia Chapdelaine, Abena Ampofoa Asare, and Michelle Dionne Thompson
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

How do Black women in higher education create, experience, and understand joy? What sustains them? While scholars have long documented sexism, racism,…

Drew A. Swanson, "A Man of Bad Reputation: The Murder of John Stephens and the Contested Landscape of North Carolina Reconstruction" (UNC Press, 2023)

November 4, 2023

A Man of Bad Reputation

Drew A. Swanson
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

Five years after the Civil War, North Carolina Republican state senator John W. Stephens was found murdered inside the Caswell County Courthouse. Step…

Eleonora Mattiacci, "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford UP, 2022)

November 3, 2023

Volatile States in International Politics

Eleonora Mattiacci
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

An in-depth account of why countries' treacherous foreign policies often have harmless origins, how this predicament shapes international politics, an…

William B. Eimicke et al., "Leveling the Learning Curve: Creating a More Inclusive and Connected University" (Columbia UP, 2023)

October 26, 2023

Leveling the Learning Curve

William B. Eimicke, Soulaymane Kachani, and Adam Stepan
Hosted by Deidre Tyler
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Will the COVID-19 pandemic be remembered as a turning point in how universities deliver teaching and learning? How might the widespread use of digital…

Greg Glasgow and Kathryn Mayer, "Disneyland on the Mountain: Walt, the Environmentalists, and the Ski Resort That Never Was" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)

October 25, 2023

Disneyland on the Mountain

Greg Glasgow and Kathryn Mayer
Hosted by Deidre Tyler
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A fascinating look at Walt Disney's last, unfinished project and the controversy that surrounded it. It was going to be Disneyland at the top of a mou…

Christopher P. Barton, "The Archaeology of Race and Class at Timbuctoo: A Black Community in New Jersey" (UP of Florida, 2023)

October 25, 2023

The Archaeology of Race and Class at Timbuctoo

Christopher P. Barton
Hosted by Deidre Tyler
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The Archaeology of Race and Class at Timbuctoo: A Black Community in New Jersey (UP of Florida, 2023) is the first book to examine the historic Black …